Bracing means for house cars



Jan. 7, 1930. A. WASBERG ETAL BRACING MEANS FOR HOUSE CARS Filed Sept. 27. 1928 v [7206728061 fixel, 1245 627 Z/rJTirw Patented Jan. 7, 1930 unirno STATES ,PATENTOFFILQE AXEL vvnsnnne AND KENNETH J.- roam, or .ciilcneo, manners, assrenons no oat/ nn COMPANY, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS BRAOING MEANS For, nousn cans Application filed September 27, 1928. Serial No. 308,692.

This invention relates to bracing means for house cars. In a house car embodying a corner entrance consisting of a side door and an end door, there is no corner post to support the roof when the doors are open, with the result that the corner of the roof becomes a cantilever, which may have a tendency to sag.

It is an object of this invention to provide means for bracing the cantilever portion against such tendency to sag. It is a further object of this invention to brace such a cantilever structure by forming the bracing means r i ture and combination of parts hereinafter so that the same can beattached to existing parts of the car.

The invention comprises the novel strucin the direction of the arrows on line II-II,

with the corner doors removed.

Figure?) is a fragmentary rear end elevational view of the car, with the doors removed.

Figure 4 is a sectional view upon the line .rvfiiv of Figure 1.

As shown on the drawings: In the drawings there is shown the upper skeleton of a house car having provision for a corner entrance between the side post 1 and i an end post 2. The end plate 3 and the side plate 4; are'tied or secured together by an interior gusset plate 5 and an outer casting 6 which embodies a keeper forreceiving a latching bar upon the rear door.

According. to this invention, a bracing member 7 is diagonally supported across the corner of the car. It is shown as attached at one end tothe side plate 4 adjacent the post 1 to which it also may be secured. The other end of the brace 7 is shown as attached to the rear plate 3 adjacent the rear post 2. Intermediate its ends, the bracing member is bent upwardly and attached to a carline 8 as indicated at 9. A second bracing member 10 is attached .at one end to the end plate 3 and at its other end to the opposite side plate 111 for distributing the stresses'to such opposite side plate. r

In practice, an end door is hung upon the hinges 12 which are secured to the rear post 2, and a sliding side door is located between the post 1 and the adjacent end of the car. When these doors are open, it will be evident that the projecting corner of the roof is in the form of a cantilever which may have a tendency to sag. However, by the use of the bracingmeans involving this invention, such tendency is largely overcome.

We are aware that many changes may be made, and numerous details of construction.

may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and we therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

We claim as our invention:

1. In a house car having an end plate and side plates with a carline attached to said side plates, said car having a diagonal corner entrance, a cantilever roof structure above said entrance, vertical osts at the ends of said entrance and means or rigidly connecting said side and end plates and a bracing member connecting said side and end plates and attached to said. carline.

2. In a house car having a diagonalcorner entrance, with a cantilever roof structure above said entrance, said car having side plates and an end plate, and a carline connecting said side plates at the cantilever structure, and means for bracing said cantilever structure comprising a bracing member connected diagonally across the corner and supported intermediate its ends by the car- .line.

3. In a house car having a corner entrance with a cantilever roof structure above said inc brace extending from the rear post to said opposite side plate.

4. In a house car having a diagonal cor ner entrance with a cantilever roof structure above said entrance, means for bracing said cantilever structure against sagging, comprising a bracing member supporting said cantilever structure intermediate its ends and means for connecting said bracing member to parts of the car on each side of said entrance.

5. In a house car having an end plate and side plates with a carline connecting said side plates, a diagonal bracing member attached at one end to a side plate and attached at its other end to the end plate, said bracing member being bent upwardly and attached intermediate its ends to said carline.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names at Chicago, Cool;

county, Illinois.

' AXEL \VASBERG.

' KENNETH J. TOBIN. 

